On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 05:39:50PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
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> > The code that finds the AMD_SSBD and sets the 'ssbd' is:
> >
> > + if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD)) {
> > + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SSBD);
> > + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL);
> > + clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD);
> > + }
> >
> > Meaning the 'ssbd' will show up in /proc/cpuinfo
>
> Given that, there's no exposed kernel naming we need to align with.
>
> So personally I'd be fine with the current patches that exist, but
> I'll defer to Eduardo for the final say, wrt amd-ssb-no vs amd-no-ssb.
I prefer amd-no-ssb, so I plan to apply these patches as is.
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Eduardo
